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True, but in fairness to bitskits, the author goes on to talk about paying to use FastMail as an alternative to Gmail. Yet, he doesn't provide any comparative
by aasarava 16y ago
True, but in fairness to bitskits, the author goes on to talk about paying to use FastMail as an alternative to Gmail. Yet, he doesn't provide any comparative uptime data to show that FastMail is objectively better.
As for being able to own your data and store local backups, you can do that with Gmail POP, or with Gmail IMAP and an email client that'll store messages locally.
(The author's argument that Gmail IMAP is buggy, is one anecdote; I can provide my own anecdote to the contrary. Again, we'd need some data to prove that FastMail is better.)
- cschmidt 16y agoI've used fastmail for years - it is a great service. Their status page will show you the downtime they have. http://status.fastmail.fm/ http://status.fastmail.fm/
- scott_s 16y agoYet, he doesn't provide any comparative uptime data to show that FastMail is objectively better. This is true, but his solution is not one that must use FastMail. His address is his own, and he backs up his own email. So if FastMail lost everything of his, he would be able to switch over to something else. That he owns his own email address is the important factor, not that he happens to use FastMail. For the record, I use Gmail for all of my personal email, and I don't bother keeping backups.